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Years: 476 477 478 479 - 480 - 481 482 483 484

Decades: 450s 460s 470s - 480s - 490s 500s 510s

Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century

Events

• Odoacer defeats an attempt by Julius Nepos to recapture Italy, and has Julius killed; Odoacer also captured Dalmatia.
• Narasimhagupta Baladitya succeeds his father Skandagupta as ruler of the Gupta Empire
• Oenopides discovers the tilt of the Earth to be 24°

Births

• Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Christian philosopher
• Damascius, Neoplatonist philosopher
• Gelimer, last king of the Vandals
• Benedict of Nursia, early monasticist (approximate date)

Deaths

• Julius Nepos, last legitimate Western Roman Emperor
• Skandagupta, ruler of the Gupta Empire